Numero uno is my Carvin R600 bass rig. 300+300W stereo/bi-amp into a 2x10+horn. I used to have a 15" cab for it, but I sold that. It is a beast and it works remarkably well for guitar too...
A Gunn Classic 100 was my main guitar amp until it died of smoking related illnesses.
Now have three Yamaha VX55s to mess with. One is a 2x10 vented combo and the other two are heads that can go to a good home any time soon.
I also have a 100W bass amp I built when I was too stingy to shell out for a 'real' amp. It sounds really good, but lacks the herbs for live perfomance.
Vox AC30TB/6 with two Vox Celestion Blue Bulldogs.
Vox Brian May Special
Holden Wasp Head
Jansen Bass 75
Ashton 4x12 Cabinet
Homemade (not by me) 1x12 cabinet.
Electro Sound Power Soak
Well the AC30 really needs no explanation, it is quite simply the nicest thing I have ever heard, period. It growls, howls sings and sears and that's before it's even off stand-by.
Actually not only is it the nicest thing I've ever heard, it's also the loudest. It's louder than the PA I was sitting right next to at Deep Purple.
I would reccomend anyone who's ever lusted after one of these things to make the effort to get one, it's a dream come true.
The Brian MAy special, is probably the coolest amp I've ever owned. I read a review that if you didn't like Queen then stay clear. Absolute bollocks. Not only could it be used as an ultra high gain practice amp, it's 10 watts would knock down a small building, it also does those great orchestrations that Brian MAy became known for. However the reason I use it most is as a treble booster. Plug it in and run it straight into the front of your amp for the warmest thickest overdrive.
The Holden Wasp is a brilliant amp, mine needs new valves at the moment but it's fantastic anyway, the overdrive is like an AC30 crossed with a JTM 45, thick warm and smooth but if you dial in a bit more treble on the guitar it starts to get nice and edgy. My favourite thing about the amp at the moment is the apperance. When I got it the vinyl was falling off and it was dirty, the dials were all different and it looked tired as a 0 year old hooker. However on stripping the vinyl back to the bare wood I discovered the cabinet is solid rimu. It's since been fitted with alloy knobs that look cool and the wood has been stained vintage cherry and then varnished.
The Jansen BAss 75 was the first amp I bought because I wanted it, nto because I needed it. Tone is of course very similar to a Fender BAssman.
My one needs new valves (like the Wasp) but it can give great clean tones and then with a bit of help from a tubescreamer or treble booster can give a huge overdrive tone, with single coils or humbuckers the tones are great.
The 4x12 would be the best value for money instrument I have. It's built by Ashton, however it's loaded with 4 red Celestions which are fantastic, seriously good. If you don't care what's on the front of your rig and you need a huge ass sound from your cabinet, be it chiming cleans or overblown valve distortion then this is fantastic. If you do care, by it anyway and take the badge off.
The 1x12 came with my first valve amp a Fender Super 60. Sounds great and for some reason is also able to be supremely loud. I seem to have a habbit of owning gear like that!
The Power soak is great and funilly enough very important when you have three valve amps! It was very well priced and is switchable between 8 and 16 ohms and seems extreemly well built.
So there you go, my rig in detail. Heres a picture to make it all seem even more fun!
The Marshall is my number one, because the Fender is a shitter, basically. Also, because it totally rocks! I keep it on low power 25W, and people (usually the same people who think that electric guitars are made of plastic) are amazed when I tell them that it's 25W.
My sister uses the Frontman, which has pretty dodgy distortion, but the clean channel is really good. PB, how much did the power soak cost?
"I told you, pedals sound twice as good when they're stacked on top of other pedals" - Mike Einziger
I have:
Victoria Victoriette (2x10, 20W)
Marshall MG30RCD (1x12, 30W)
Obviously, the Victoria is by far the better of the two, and suits me down to the ground. The great clean, articulate sound emphasises the tonal difference between guitars and even pickups, doesn't colour the suond at all so it allows the natural sound from the guitar to come through. And the smooth, natural tube overdrive... Get's all the sounds I need, with a range of tones defying the amp's simplicity.
The Marshall never gets any use anymore, only occasionally for a stereo chorus setup. Thinking of selling it, or using it for parts and building a small Champ or similar.
"Under the monsters claws and in between his teeth
Was the shadow and a silhouette of what I thought I’d be
I don’t mind falling down and scraping up my knees
Scars and Stitches always fade and only strengthen me." - Guster
gregtarr wrote:My sister uses the Frontman, which has pretty dodgy distortion, but the clean channel is really good. PB, how much did the power soak cost?
Still using the Toneworks MosValve hybrid - 100 watts, it sounds surprisingly good with both Strat and LP, when I switch to dirty it sustains forever. Ibanez 65 Watt Bass Amp which is MX5 friendly and has a nice tone, much better than the Ashtons I tried out and as its a wedge, I can use it as a monitor when we gig
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.
Heheh Richy11 I've had a Deizel Hebert to play with whenever I wanted, I've even recorded with one (my mate owned one, bought it last year, sold it and got a mesa mk4)
My amp at the moment is a line 6 HD147. In the past I've had a 5150 combo, V-Amp2, POD XT, 5150mkII head, Modified JCM800 (modded for more gain, boosted mids, beefier tone)
I have my old Vox AC-30, its an original early 1960's amp with the blue frame Celestion speakers that for some reason in the past was dropped into an early 1970s AC-30 cabinet. Who cares?! not me, it sounds like god when you turn up the wick and add a touch of reverb from the Holy Grail.
I dont need anything else, although the new hand wired 18 watt Marshall 1974X combo looks damn tempting........
1963 Fender Duo-sonic
1989 Gretsch Jet Firebird
197? Rickenbacker 4001
2000 Simon & Patrick Parlour
2004 Gibson J45
2007 Fender Champion 600
2008 Fender '65 Princeton Reverb
2008 Cuba St Amp Co Radiotone
Get's all the sounds I need, with a range of tones defying the amp's simplicity.
and as its a wedge, I can use it as a monitor when we gig
